Quite a good shave today. The Vetiver Queen Charlotte shaving soap came to mind during a discussion of good Vetiver soaps. This one was light on the fragrance, at least for me. I much prefer the intensity of Cyril R. Salter’s French Vetiver shaving cream (though of course shaving creams seem to have an advantage over shaving soaps so far as fragrance intensity is concerned).
My Omega brush did a fine job with the soap, though the lather was sparse at the end of the third pass. That may be due to the brush still needing some break-in, or to insufficient loading, or to the soap’s formulation, or a combination. To unravel it will require multiple shaves, probably first a shave with a different brush.
I bought the razor to test it as a possible beginner razor, but now it no longer seems to be available—none of the razors listed on the site match this model, which has an EJ-like head and a handle with the removable base cap. Using a SuperMax Platinum, I had no trouble getting a BBS result.
A good splash of Saint Charles Shave’s Very V aftershave—sorry about reversing the bottle, but very pleased with the aftershave.
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